http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 The Ethiopian Airlines Flight Number 409 disaster is grinding many a friend and family in vicious waves, in fact it has touched the whole of Ethiopian society and beyond. The 90 that perished represent nine countries in what has become an international affair writes Hilina Alemu, Fortune Staff Writer. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Last Monday, January 25, 2010, in the early morning hours, an unexpected and devastating thing occurred on the Mediterranean Sea a few kilometres off the coast of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. At approximately five minutes after taking off from Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport for a flight to Addis Abeba, the passengers and crew members of Flight Number ET409 became aware of an inevitable crash. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Even though there were nine nationalities aboard the Boeing 737 jet which burst into flames and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off in a violent thunderstorm on the Monday morning of January 25, 2010, the Lebanese, naturally enough, only concerned themselves with one. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopia is one of the nations which took note of the Copenhagen Accord; it is also a country in progress to secure advantages in the climate change sector. Its position as a least developed country (LDC) in the climate negotiations gives it an advantage depending on what solutions its leaders address the issues with, says Ambachew F. Admassie, a climate change mitigation market mechanisms, sustainable development and climate change expert. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300This week has been a sad one for our nation and many others across the world. We have had a dark cloud hanging over us, with our flags flying at half-mast and the families of seven dozen Ethiopians and other nationalities suddenly being thrust into mourning. The crash of Ethiopian Airlines, Flight 409, has brought us all together into unified mourning. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Food prices are seen in developed nations as a strain on the purse strings. In developing nations, though, a hike in the cost of food has very serious drawbacks writes Ruediger Meyer, managing director of FLO-CERT GmbH - based in Bonn, Germany. He explains that several actions need to be taken for developing countries to strengthen infrastructure in addition to trade that will improve market opportunities down to the small-scale farmer. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300It is amazing that after all these year people bring up the 1973 famine when the subject of Ethiopia comes up in conversation. Not only did this happen recently, it superseded the recent Ethiopian Airlines tragedy, which I had been quietly mourning until interrupted at a cafe in Brussels. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300National elections are only four months away from the electoral showdown. Voter registration appears to be going well, with the national electoral body claiming to have registered over 17 million voters up until last week; they have eight million voters, to keep in their books in order to match the number of voters registered during the unprecedented national elections in 2005. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300